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   Pope Francis on Saturday demoted an outspoken conservative   
   American cardinal who has been highly critical of the pontiff’s   
   reformist leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.   
      
   Cardinal Raymond Burke, 66, was removed as head of the Vatican’s   
   highest court and appointed to the ceremonial post of chaplain   
   of the charity group Knights of Malta.   
      
   The move, which the Vatican announced on Saturday without   
   comment, had been expected. Burke said last month he had been   
   told he would move to a new job but did not know when.   
      
   Burke, who until Saturday was the highest-ranking American in   
   the Vatican, gave a series of recent interviews criticizing the   
   pope and had emerged as the face of conservative opposition to   
   Francis’ reform agenda.   
      
   In an interview with a Spanish magazine last month, Burke, known   
   for his unbending interpretation of doctrine, compared the   
   Catholic Church under Francis to “a ship without a rudder”.   
      
   At a meeting of bishops from around the world last month, Burke   
   was the flag-bearer for conservatives opposed to the Church   
   adopting a more welcoming attitude towards homosexuals.   
      
   Burke has publicly clashed with the pope several times since the   
   Argentine pontiff’s election in 2013 and Vatican sources have   
   said the pope saw Burke’s outspokenness as part of the so-called   
   “culture wars” among Catholics that he wants to avoid.   
      
   During the synod, Burke assailed German Cardinal Walter Kasper,   
   who had argued that the Church should modify teachings that ban   
   Catholics who have divorced and then remarried in civil services   
   from receiving communion.   
      
   Burke was also highly critical of an interim synod document that   
   had talked more positively of homosexuals than ever before in   
   Church history.   
      
   Shocked by the language, Burke and other conservative bishops   
   spearheaded a campaign that led to a much watered-down version   
   in the gathering’s final statement.   
      
   It was the second time in less than a year that the pope had   
   sidelined Burke, the former archbishop of St. Louis. Last   
   December he removed Burke from the board of the influential   
   Vatican department that handles the appointment of bishops.   
      
   Burke said last month he would be disappointed to leave his post   
   at the top Vatican court, which oversees the administration of   
   justice in the Church and hears appeals from lower Church   
   tribunals, but would obey the pope’s orders.   
      
   via Pope demotes outspoken American conservative cardinal |   
   Reuters.   
      
   http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2014/11/10/pope-francis-   
   demotes-outspoken-american-conservative-cardinal-burke/   
      
       
      
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